Influence of the polar light cycle on seasonal dynamics of an Antarctic lake microbial community

• Published in: Microbiome
• Main Authors: Pratibha Panwar, Michelle A. Allen, Timothy J. Williams, Alyce M. Hancock, Sarah Brazendale, James Bevington, Simon Roux, David Páez-Espino, Stephen Nayfach, Maureen Berg, Frederik Schulz, I-Min A. Chen, Marcel Huntemann, Nicole Shapiro, Nikos C. Kyrpides, Tanja Woyke, Emiley A. Eloe-Fadrosh, Ricardo Cavicchioli
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic microbiology; Polar light cycle; Metagenome time series; Host-virus interactions; Meromictic lake; Microbial food web; Microbial ecology; QR100-130; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; East Antarctica; Vestfold Hills; Vestfold; Ace Lake; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-020-00889-8; https://doaj.org/article/deb2697ed2be469198ad3fe37eae0a3b

Abstract Background Cold environments dominate the Earth’s biosphere and microbial activity drives ecosystem processes thereby contributing greatly to global biogeochemical cycles. Polar environments differ to all other cold environments by experiencing 24-h sunlight in summer and no sunlight in win...